Product Updates; Setting Up Garmin Express; Marine Activities; Sailing - Garmin AMERICAN MAGIC EDITION MARQ CAPTAIN Owner's Manual

Product Updates

On your computer, install Garmin Express (www.garmin.com/express). On your smartphone, install the Garmin
™
Connect app.
This provides easy access to these services for Garmin devices:
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• Software updates
• Map updates
• Course updates
• Data uploads to Garmin Connect
• Product registration

Setting Up Garmin Express

1 Connect the device to your computer using a USB cable.
2 Go to garmin.com/express.
3 Follow the on-screen instructions.

Marine Activities

Your watch comes preloaded with apps for marine activities, such as boating, sailing, and interacting with
Garmin marine devices. You can pair with compatible Garmin marine devices using the marine apps preloaded
on your watch.
See the owner's manual for your Garmin marine device for more information about pairing with that device.

Sailing

Tack Assist

While cruising or racing into the wind, the tack assist feature can help you determine if your boat is being lifted
or headed. When you calibrate tack assist, the watch captures your boat's port and starboard course
over ground (COG) measurements, and uses the COG data to calculate the mean true wind direction and the
boat's tack angle .
The watch uses this data to determine whether your boat is being lifted or headed due to wind shifts.
By default, the tack assist feature is set to automatic. Each time you calibrate the port or starboard COG, the
watch recalibrates the opposite side and true wind direction. You can change the tack assist settings to enter a
fixed tack angle or true wind direction.
NOTE: The watch uses GPS-based course over ground to determine your course in the tack assist feature, and
does not account for other factors that can affect your boat's direction, such as currents and tides.
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